A first generation industrialist, Mr Sekhsaria is the founder of Ambuja Cements Limited and the Ambuja Cement Foundation. His path-breaking and innovative thinking created new benchmarks not only for the cement industry but also in the area of corporate social responsibility. Mr Sekhsaria has also set up a family foundation that supports projects for capacity building in the areas of health, education and skill building to enhance livelihoods.

Recruited into the 1969 batch of the Gujarat cadre, Mr Laheri retired as Chief Secretary in March 2005. He also served as Chairman and Managing Director of Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited, Gandhinagar. He held many positions in industry, education, information, water supply, fashion, tourism and rural development during his career.

Ms. Ashni Biyani is the Managing Director of Future Consumer Limited, an FMCG company designed to cater to the fast moving consumer generation. Over the course of the last four years, the company has developed over 24 brands in new and niche categories across food, home and personal care products. With an interest in human behavior, Ms. Biyani works on behavioral changes that help transform ideas into conceptualized finaal forms. She has a passion for studying society and culture and takes the time out for writing articles released in leading publications.

Vijay Kumar Sharma was the Chairman of Life Insurance Corporation of India  and has previously held posts as Managing Director of LIC of India and also Managing Director of LIC Housing Finance Limited. He comes with over 37 years of experience in the insurance sector holding various challenging assignments pan India and in all operational streams including in-charge position at different levels. He is known to have a great understanding of the demographics of the country, socio-economic needs of different regions and multi-cultural challenges in the implementation of corporate objectives. He has vast board level experience on a national and international level in the banking and finance sector, pension & group insurance business, cards, mutual funds and pension fund. Mr. Sharma is currently on the board of ACC Ltd, Tata Steel Ltd, and Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. He is also a member in different sub- committees of the board in these companies.

Ms Sekhsaria is a graduate of the London School of Economics and holds a Postgraduate degree in financial economics from the University of London. She is the Founder-Director of the Salaam Bombay Foundation and has over 20 years of experience in the development sector actively working on a range of issues in health, education and skill building. She is on boards of a number of health and educational institutions and Government committees. She is an advocate on public policy and is recognised for her contribution to tobacco control in India and internationally by several institutions including the World Health Organization.

Mr Taparia is a Commerce and Law graduate and a Fellow Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He possesses more than 40 years of working experience in the fields of Legal, Secretarial, Finance, Taxation, Procurement, Internal Audit, HR, Health & Safety, and Sustainability. Mr B L Taparia worked with Ambuja Cements Limited for 30 years and attained superannuation on 31 July 2012. During his service period, he worked as Whole-time Director for 10 years from 1999 to 2009. Throughout his career in the Ambuja Cement, he was a member of the Core Management Committee responsible for the growth of the Company.

Mr. Kapur is an economics graduate from St. Xavier’s University, Mumbai and an MBA from K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management. He has also attended the Advanced Management Programme at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kapur has been actively involved in various industry forums including CII, FICCI and ASSOCHAM. Mr. Ajay Kapur has 25+ years of experience in the cement and construction, power and heavy metals sector. He joined Ambuja Cement in 1993 as an Executive Assistant to the then Managing Director. He held various strategic positions over the last 2 decades and from 2014 to 2019, he served as the CEO and Managing Director of the Company. Prior to joining the Adani Group in June 2022, Mr. Ajay Kapur was CEO- Aluminium and Power and MD – Commercial at Vedanta Ltd. Most recently he served as CEO of Special Projects at Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd.

Pearl Tiwari is a Director, and the CEO of Ambuja Cement Foundation and President (CSR & Sustainability) at Ambuja Cements Limited. With over 35 years of experience in the development sector, Ms Tiwari is an expert in community development, having worked in this area across diverse academic, NGO and CSR roles. Having graduated from the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences, and with an Executive Education in CSR from the Harvard Business School, Ms Tiwari has led Ambuja Cement Foundation since 2000